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Hey CW, Well, i just did some quick research. But this is what i initially did,

I formatted it then loaded the games onto it via .wfsb manager.
The research i did quickly just now, i see that some people said, that i need a WFSB folder in the root of the HDD,then place the games into it, that i know i did NOT do.

But, Now my comp, (i run vmware windows 7 on a mac), doesnt recognize the HD. (mac or the vmware, i suppose because of the format that was done in wfsb manager)
And wfsb manager itself does not recognize it either in its drop down list.

@cj thanks for moving it .. and my apologies for going off topic in the other wilbrand thread... thanks again =0)

edit - Ok it seems that the cfg loader works fine =0) I was getting the error with the GXE one.

Thanks to all again, and i hope this thread can help others down the line that encounter the same issue i did...... being lost. lol

edit again - i just realized that i will obviously run into the problem i just mentioned again, down the line when i try to put more games on the hdd, the PC / Mac dont recognize the HDD, and neither does WBFS manager... so how can i solve that ?

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ok CW, thanks for the info. I will try the new format tomorrow as its 2.14 am by me now lol

But ill explain again, the GXE usb loader was giving me an error and not finding the HDD.
But the CFG loader works fine on the games so far. (gxe was/is another type of loader i suppose, that was bunched in with the neogammer, CFGloader, and wiiflow)

I got no problem trying out the FAT32 format, it does seem easier and more logical ... BUT how can i reformat it, if its not being recognized at all by my mac, OR by the vmware windows 7 i am running... Plus .wfsb is not even noticing it either.

edit- Just woke up and i tried the Wii backup manager, it dont recognize the drive anymore either... I do get the option when i plug it in, to connect to windows, or to mac. But after that it is not found in mycomputer, nor in wbfs, nor in Wii backup manager.

Any ideas anyone ? Will be kinda lame with a 500gb empty drive basically with jus 4 games on it right now... lol

edit - (update) Ok i have gotten EASEUS partition manager to locate the drive. But i got a feeling something is not right. It comes up as an unallocated file system, 465.76 capacity, 0 used, 465.76 Gb unused. Like i mentioned earlier their is 5 maybe 6 games on this drive. I dont understand why its not showing used 30ish gb. ?

I will still tamper with it for now, trial and elimination at its best. lol

forevershine, if EASEUS says it's unused when you have stuff on it that means your drive isn't formatted properly. I wish I could expand but I'm in a rush to leave right now, so I'll tell you about it later!

Hey, I'm glad Wii Backup Manager is working for you. I believe the problem was in writing to the wbfs drive that made it unreadable. But you fixed that. if you need anything, I'm here. Also, if you want to run Gamecube Game backups, I made a guide for it.